Does anyone know how I can calculate the height of a given amount of text? I
want to show a load of text in a label control but I want all the text to
show. Using a label is the only way I can think of. I could use a scrolling
form but I would still have to work out the height of ...

  I cannot open any database on Smartphone2002 device. CeFindFirstDatabaseEx() and CeFindNextDatabaseEx() do not return errors, but CeOidGetInfoEx() and CeOpenDatabaseEx() fails with error 87 - 'Invalid parameter'. But the same code works perfectly on emulator - I can open any ...

I would like to force my application (cab built from inf, no pre/post xml, no ce/setup.dll) to always be installed in the Phone memory.  Is it possible to suppress the prompt that allows the user to install the application to the storage card (if a storage card is currently ...

before I will have to start coding it, I am looking for a standard way how
to display a list of contacts to choose from, (with built-in search
capability), the same as is displayed when you click on To: in a new message
on Pocket PC or Smartphones.

Hi there....
using getfilesize in a handle returned by fopen sometimes give me -1(ie
error)
but always work with createfile

Does smartphone 2003 support ShellExecuteEx?
Thanks!

I'm writing a generic CFileDialog replacement for WM2002.
I have a few problems. Firstly, my dialog box created with DialogBox()
doesn't want to have a scroll bar. It has a text box, spinner control and a
subclassed treeview in it and the style includes WS_VSCROLL.

Problems with mail reception on a SPV-100 (Smartphone 2002).
The phone keeps telling me that I have an "unread sms" but all the messages
are "read". This problem accurs when I have used the mail on the SPV. Even
if I delete all my messages (SMS) the phone keeps telling me that I ...

My Samsung i600 is supposed to tell e911 its location via GPS.  Is there
anyway I get can access to this information?

Hi all(Symbian developers),
I am a new symbian developer. I installed CW UIQ2.1 and nokia3650 SDK.
When I try to bldmake an example I get the foolwing error.
C:\Symbian\6.1\Series60\Series60Ex\helloworld\group>bldmake bldfiles

I'm still a relative newby when it comes to the WinCE underpinnings of the smartphone/ppc platform.  What I'm trying to wrap my head around is how to programmatically select the device used to make a connection.  I know that remoting isn't supported in .NET CF, so that basically ...

First off I would like to thank you in advance for reading this post.
I am currently working with a project that needs to call a modeless
dialog and let that dialog implement its message map.  I honestly
don't care if it calls its own message map or if it will handle two

I am trying to add and display a textbox on a form through code. The problem
is that the text box is being drawn as a label i.e. no border, not editable
etc. Can anyone point ouy what I am doing wrong? The code I  am using is:
Dim myTextBox As New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

Is there any easy way to change the menu text
Can someone provide me a solution? Thanks in advance!!!

I am developping for Smartphone 2003.
I would like to know how to set the big icon displayed in the recently used
application bar (the bar display at the top of the desktop).
I have already managed to set the small icon for the start menu. And this